Threats against schools by students or others have been going on for a long time. But since the Parkland High School shooting in Florida on Feb. 14 where 17 people lost their lives, there have been at least fourteen threats made against schools in East Central Illinois.

All have been fake or not credible. However, school officials and law enforcement said people need to understand the serious nature of the threats.

The 14 reported incidents include two threats in the Monticello School District, one at St. Joseph-Ogden High School and two in Champaign Unit 4 Schools. One saw a student bring a stun gun to Jefferson Middle School. An interactive map of all the incidents is below:

Champaign County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Allen Jones said the agency hopes the incidents are more often than not a joke. But he said even then, it is not okay to make those kind of jokes.